Leeds United have accused Manchester City of stalling tactics – after demanding compensation for two of the schoolboys lured from Elland Road to Eastlands.

The Yorkshire club are furious about losing another two youth players – 14-year-olds Louis Hutton and George Swann – from their Thorp Arch academy.

Last week, a tribunal ordered Everton to pay an initial £600,000 – £400,000 more than they are believed to have envisaged – for 16-year-old Leeds product Luke Garbutt.

Now United are targeting City for compensation for Hutton and Swann and want the rich Premier League club to have points deducted if they are in breach of the rules.

A Leeds insider told Sunday Mirror Sport: “We want to be compensated for two of our players being poached. We believed we had reached a deal with City, but they reneged on it.

“It was supposed to be going to a tribunal on Thursday, but it appears they are stalling. They’ve asked for it to be postponed due to illness.”

Manchester City spokes-woman Vicky Kloss said: “We’ve applied for a postponement on the basis that two of our central figures are unable to make the tribunal appointment.

“The key figure has signed off sick for a month. To my understanding, there has been no reneging on the offer. Our original offer to Leeds was not deemed to be acceptable to them and so, as is the standard procedure in these matters, the case has gone to a tribunal.”

The tribunal, the Professional Football Compensation Committee, will determine how much compensation, for training and development, City will have to pay for the players.

But the situation could worsen for City if there is any evidence of wrong-doing by the world’s richest club.

Proof that improper approaches were made to the youngsters’ families could spark a disciplinary backlash

The issue of agreeing compensation could change to City facing serious investigation.

The insider added: “We will press for them to be punished with a points deduction, or a European ban, only if it has been proved there has been wrongdoing.”

Before Hutton and Swann arrived at Eastlands, City – owned by Abu Dhabi billionaire Sheikh Mansour – recruited Andy Welsh, the academy director at Leeds, to succeed Jim Cassell as head of their academy.

More recently, City appointed another ex-Leeds academy coach in Dave Harrison.

“Does the Sheikh know what’s been going on in his name?” the insider said. “This is not good PR for the club.

“They are being hypocritical in attacking Chelsea for the way they went about getting Daniel Sturridge – but then poaching two of ours.”

The actions of big clubs have come under scrutiny since the ruling against Chelsea over Gael Kakuta. Fifa banned them from signing players until January 2011 for inducing him to break his contract with Lens.

The departures of Hutton, Swann and Garbutt are the latest to enrage Leeds, who have previously had teenagers Michael Woods, Tom Taiwo and Danny Rose poached by Chelsea in exchange for compensation believed to be £5m.